Here is a question for all you DJs out there...

How long does it take you to learn your tracks?

I mean to know them enough to be able to say, yeah...that would go well good with this, etc.

Personally, it does vary a lot. Some tracks just seem to stick in your mind, where as others, seem to take ages to get to know them inside out.

Anyone else get the same?

Also do you find it easier to remember your vinyl records as appose to your CDr's and MP3's?

I do...

Only buy songs you realy like.
Not only to you obviously end up with a collection your happeir with but the more you like a song the better the chance you will remember it well.
Also instead of one big purchase of vinyl make a few smaller ones, this way you will remember them better when you listen to a shipment.

I am CDJ only nowadays. And I know what your saying, I will often buy like 30 mp3s a time, listen to them like one evening burn to cd, then when they in my cd wallet forget how they sound totally.

Damn impulse buying. And don't you hate tunes that sound good in clips, but turd in full...

I've noticed that it only really takes me 1 or 2 plays for me to remember/know the track. Of course when it comes to trance the structures tend to be a bit obvious...

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Yeah its striaght forward for most trance but like other genres and stuff.

you pretty mhc get to 1.50 mins remianing on track A press play on track B and theres you go.

Structuring in trance may be 'obvious' but getting creative is what makes a better DJ. Also taking chances and overlaying tracks longer and longer and EQing creatively makes it more interesting.

Also the whole mixing in key deal takes knowing your tunes.

I think it's all practice really.

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Dude I know, I was simply asking how long is it befor you can say "hey I can mix that tune with pretty muhc anything sucessfully" for each new track you get?

It takes me about 2-3 listens before I get to that state. Going through hundreds of tracks a week though you get to know patterns and whatnot of the different songs so for ones I end up keeping, I really listen to a few times.

Then, once I've listened to them a couple of times, I try them out in a set and from then on, it's easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

Some people have different ways or remembering tracks though, but for me it seems to come pretty quick. God help me if I can remember a friggin' track title though for an ID, but that's another story.

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 Dude I know, I was simply asking how long is it befor you can say "hey I can mix that tune with pretty muhc anything sucessfully" for each new track you get?

Doesn't work like that.. the whole point about knowing your tunes is know what they mix well with.

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Originally posted by Lunar Phase 7 I am CDJ only nowadays. And I know what your saying, I will often buy like 30 mp3s a time, listen to them like one evening burn to cd, then when they in my cd wallet forget how they sound totally. Damn impulse buying. And don't you hate tunes that sound good in clips, but turd in full...

I reckon one of the good things about using vinyl is that it is reassuringly expensive. Because you're paying anywhere from £1.50 to £3.00 per track, you can only afford a few records every week. This means you focus on getting only the tracks you really want, and there's not much impulse buying involved. It just helps you learn the tracks for DJing better, I find.

I buy stuff i realy want and know i will always love on vinyl. Also some stuff that i cant find on beatport or audiojelly. I buy heaps of stuff from audiojelly and beatport that i like but i mean not every song you buy is going to be a song that you hear and think "OMGZ DIS TUNE IS BANGINZ"
I find that there is alot of stuff on beatport and audiojelly that i cant find on vinylwarning. Yet the same applies the other way around.

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Doesn't work like that.. the whole point about knowing your tunes is know what they mix well with.

What the hell are you on about?

That is exactly what I said, how long does it take befor your confident enough with a new tune to know how and what to mix it with.